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1 online resource (x, 170 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Executive summary -- Introduction -- Megaprojects: an evolving hybrid meta-organization -- The (under) performance of megaprojects: a meta-organizational perspective -- Pluralism at the megaproject front end -- Between a rock and a hard place: a study of megaprojects in developing economies. |
| Summary |
Megaproject Organization and Performance: Myth and Political Realities delves into the complex world of organizing megaprojects and investigates the extent to which the performance of these projects could be traced back to their organizational structure. Through multiple case study research, including the London Olympic Park and Heathrow Airport Terminal 2, the authors show how megaprojects are unique in how they are organized. They explore core-periphery relationships between promotors who, control strategic choices, and suppliers, who are the contracted experts that provide the actual resources to get the project done. The implications of these structural-performance relationships within a robust economy are then compared with railroad and highway development projects in the developing economies of Nigeria, Uganda, and India. This in-depth study brings a complementary perspective to megaproject literature and enables us to reconcile conflicting explanations for the regularity with which megaprojects miss performance targets. With pluralism at the core of the megaproject's organizational structure, the authors argue that megaprojects work best when accountability is shared and everyone has a stake in the final outcome. |
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Megaproject Organization and Performance: Myth and Political Realities delves into the complex world of organizing megaprojects and investigates the extent to which the performance of these projects could be traced back to their organizational structure. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Project management.
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Project management. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Lundrigan, Colm, author.
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Pinto, Jeffrey K., author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gil, Nuno, author. Megaproject organization and performance Newtown Square : Project Management Institute, [2017] 9781628251760 (DLC) 2017015597 |
| ISBN |
9781628253788 (electronic book) |
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1628253789 (electronic book) |
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9781628253764 (electronic book) |
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1628253762 (electronic book) |
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9781628253771 |
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1628253770 |
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9781628251760 (paper back) (alkaline paper) |
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